NANCY GOLDSTON HERPIN

12/09/1936 - 06/03/2022

Nancy Goldston Herpin peacefully passed away on June 3, 2022 in Covington, Louisiana, with her family by her side.

She was born on the 9th of December 1936 to Mary

Iris Tabor and Walter Leon Goldston, and grew up in Houston, Texas, with her sister Patti Lynn. Nancy graduated from The Kinkaid School in 1955, and attended the University of Oklahoma.

Kind and generous, Nancy was an understanding, funloving and optimistic friend. Her empathy extended to animals of all kinds, and she was never without at least one devoted pet. She enjoyed hosting friends in the summertime at her family vacation home on Flathead Lake in Polson, Montana, where boating and gathering delicious cherries from the orchard remain favorite pastimes. As a young woman, Nancy excelled as an equestrienne, owning and showing American Saddlebred horses throughout the country. In 1982, she established an equestrian facility, Classic Farms, in Covington. Over the years, Nancy provided expert care and training to several World’s Champion and Reserve World’s Champion show horses, and her favorites included Impish, The Phoenix, Morning Time Gold, and Rhythm N’ Jazz.

Central to Nancy’s life has long been her devotion to Jesus Christ and to her church home at New Zion Baptist Church. A member for twelve years, Nancy regarded that community, along with her family, among her greatest blessings.

Nancy is survived by her children, Georgia Herpin Baker and Claude “Chris” Herpin, II; son-in-law, Lovett “Chip” Baker, Jr.; cherished grandson, Lovett Baker, III; niece and nephews, Lydia Mayfield Abbott, Jack H. “Trey” Mayfield, III, and wife Denis, and Walter G. “Tad” Mayfield and wife Sheila; and eleven grand and great-grand nieces and nephews. Her parents and her sister Patti Goldston Mayfield predeceased her.

A Graveside Memorial Service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at Forest Park Lawndale, 6900 Lawndale Avenue, Houston, Texas 77023.